Baking soda and peroxide to whiten teeth?!


Question:

Baking soda and peroxide to whiten teeth?

Ive been reading that it works-thats great.
but I need to know details on it.
how do I mix it?
how long do I brush?
how often a week?-how long for results?

or is this just flat out dangerous to my mouth?

thanks. :)

Additional Details

1 week ago
I have tried the crest strips.
Im not a fan-they make me feel like I'm going to gag.

So if baking soda and hydrogen peroxide is bad is there anything else I can do besides sucking it up and using the crest strips?


Answers:

Baking soda and peroxide have NEVER been shown to do anything for your teeth clinically. A baking soda and peroxide toothpaste is not going to whiten your teeth. Some people like the taste of these toothpastes and if that is why you are using them then great. But these two compounds have not been shown to do anything special.
If you are applying these compounds to your teeth and not using a preformulated toothpaste...DON'T. Baking soda would be somewhat abrasive and that means you would be removing enamel from your teeth. Peroxide is cytotoxic, it kills live cells. Dentists go to great lengths to keep peroxide off of your gums for this reason. So why would you want to put it on your gums.




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